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Newly leaked TISA texts expose the scope of the corporate power grab
17-Oct-2016 IUF
"It’s time to halt the negotiations, publish the secret texts and ensure the widest possible public debate to expose the full extent of the threat these treaties pose to democracy and the labour movement," international trade union organizations say.
India-SACU trade pact talks need to be revived: South Africa
17-Oct-2016 Business Standard
South Africa pressed for revival of the negotiations for the proposed preferential trade agreement between India and five-nation Southern African Customs Union (SACU).
An open letter to the sixteen governments negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
17-Oct-2016
95 health, community and development organisations in the Asia Pacific region call on trade negotiators from sixteen countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement negotiations to ensure access to medicines is protected. We the undersigned organisations call on negotiators to protect health and reject all TRIPS plus intellectual property measures in the RCEP.
After seven years and millions of dollars, decision announced in Pac Rim mining company vs. El Salvador
16-Oct-2016 Institute for Policy Studies
Coalition of groups state “there are no winners," investor-state arbitration subverts democracy.
Hopes high as services negotiators enter final sprint
16-Oct-2016 Bloomberg
After their high-level Washington, D.C., meeting on Oct. 16-17, TiSA negotiators will next meet on the sidelines of an Oct. 21-22 WTO “mini-ministerial” meeting in Oslo.
GSP+ is by far a much better option for Ghana than implementing its interim EPA
14-Oct-2016 SOL
Asking to the EU the benefit of GSP+ would be by far a much better option than implementing its interim EPA it has already ratified.
Windstream Energy awarded damages after Ontario cancels wind farm project
14-Oct-2016 The Globe and Mail
A company that planned a huge offshore wind farm in Lake Ontario says it has been awarded more than $25-million in damages, because the Ontario government cancelled its project.
Spain: Partnership agreement between EU and SADC rejected
14-Oct-2016 Fresh Plaza
The Joint Parliamentary Group has presented a non-legislative motion at the Parliament, urging the Government not to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the Southern African Development Community.
‘Strange’ manoeuvering over CETA exposes democratic deficit
14-Oct-2016 EurActiv
French lawmakers are continuing their battle against the EU’s free trade deal with Canada (CETA).
Commission faces EU court battle over secret TTIP documents
14-Oct-2016 EurActiv
The European Commission faces an EU court battle to keep secret its lawyers’ analysis on whether the controversial investor-state-dispute (ISDS) clause in draft trade deals with the USA and Canada is illegal.
Is Argentina looking for reconciliation with ISDS?
14-Oct-2016 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
In a quite short period the new government, led by the recently elected President Mauricio Macri, has turned around its foreign policy and alignments.
Push for trade pact will polarise BRICS nations, warns S. Africa
14-Oct-2016 The Hindu
An immediate push for a BRICS Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will polarise heavily-industrialised and lesser-industrialised nations within the five-member grouping, warned South African trade and industry minister.
TiSA - bilateral market access request by the European Union (June 2016)
14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks
As leaked by WikiLeaks
TiSA - draft annex on localisation provisions (June 2016)
14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks
As leaked by WikiLeaks
TiSA - draft annex on financial services (27 June 2016)
14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks
As leaked by WikiLeaks
German Court on CETA: Important success for our democratic rights!
13-Oct-2016 Stop TTIP
The Germany’s Constitutional Court’s decision on CETA is an important success in the fight against the EU’s free trade machinery
Belgian local parliament votes to block Canada trade deal
13-Oct-2016 EU Observer
Members of the parliament of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels voted a resolution that could block the signing of the EU-Canada free trade deal, Ceta.
Backdoor for investor-state disputes in TiSA
13-Oct-2016 Australian Institute of International Affairs
There is a loophole that may allow private investors to bring a dispute against states.
Open letter to ambassadors (in India) of RCEP negotiating countries by Delhi Network of Positive People
13-Oct-2016 Don’t trade our lives away
Member countries must consider the impact of RCEP on access to medicines in developing countries
Australia, Singapore to sign updated free trade deal
13-Oct-2016 Xinhua
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is in Canberra on a three-day visit to strengthen the ties with Australia, is set to sign the updated FTA.